Reblogged from The Texas Connection
I recall those fabulous 50's! I was born in the early part of that decade. The 60's weren't all that bad either. Maybe I was too young to really recall the 50's hardships. I know my parents climbed the economic ladder but I also recall a time when kids could be kids, we took yearly family vacations and many weekend trips. Both my paternal and maternal grandparents lived very meager lives and so did a few aunts and uncles, but for the most part much of my mom and dad's siblings were also climbing up to success from those meager beginnings.
